The Irish diaspora has provided some significant talent for Vera Pauw’s Republic squad as they embark on a first World Cup adventure
Late call-ups Sheva and Farrelly have changed the squad dynamic. Perhaps too much. Or just enough for something special to occur. Time will tell.
What makes the Americans different from their team-mates is as children they could see female soccer heroes. At 26, Sheva was hardly swiped from under the nose of US Soccer. She is a track athlete out of Penn State who became a high-pressing midfielder for Washington Spirit. She fits the current Irish system in a way Leanne Kiernan never did. That’s not Sheva’s fault. The assignment is to harry and hassle Australians, Canadians and Nigerians into error.
Seán Farrelly doubled back to Dublin with baby Sinead, living in Shankill for a year until the family returned to the US east coast. Within 90 seconds of the 33-year-old’s surprise debut in Texas, Katie McCabe darted up the left before sending a low pass into Carusa that forced Becky Sauerbrunn to throw out a leg. Ireland’s new midfielder ran on to the ball, beating Lindsey Horan in stride before nonchalantly changing direction to leave Andi Sullivan for dust. When Farrelly fed Sheva before showing for the return pass, even doing a mini-Cruyff turn to keep possession, the jury was unanimous.
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